Farming out major 16-bit franchises to western devs for revival

**kedawa** · 07 Dec 2007, 11:42 AM

These things are hit or miss (usually miss), but the fact remains that it is possible for both eastern and western developers to bring back old franchises without disgracing the original games.

Outrun 2 and After Burner Climax turned out great, and if Sega can pull that off, anyone can.

**Cheebs** · 07 Dec 2007, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by kedawa

Outrun 2 and After Burner Climax turned out great, and if Sega can pull that off, anyone can.

Point taken.

However I somehow feel a shift to the West none-the-less.

**YellerDog** · 07 Dec 2007, 11:51 AM

I think it's a good trend that's starting. Contra 4 had more respect for the original gameplay and feel of the original 3 than any of the 32 bit Contras, besides just being really, really fun. Anybody skipping it because it's on a portable is missing out that last point.

I'd love to see what WF in particular could do with some of the other 2D franchises.

**Bacon McShig** · 07 Dec 2007, 11:54 AM

Bionic Commando's looking pretty promising, Nu-metal character design aside.

**Melf** · 07 Dec 2007, 11:55 AM

There's a new western-developed Golden Axe coming too, but I don't have my hopes up for that, not after how Sega passed over bringing Revenge of Death Adder to consoles and instead gave us The Duel.

**YellerDog** · 07 Dec 2007, 11:55 AM

A WF-made 2D Bionic Commando remake for portable/XBLA could be very interesting, IMO.

**bVork** · 07 Dec 2007, 01:02 PM

Sega Rally Revo is a great game that feels more like Sega Rally than the previous two sequels did. One of the few flashes of brilliance from modern Sega was setting up a racing game development studio in the UK.

Also, WayForward has a great deal to do to make up for the single worst game on DS (and that's saying something): Ping Pals.